Another day, another drama for Meghan Markle in what has become par for the course for her since she married Prince Harry.
This time, The Traitors winner Lord Ivar Mountbatten has spoken out against something Meghan said on her Netflix show With Love, Meghan.
As Monsters and Critics reported, Meghan had a rather awkward exchange with Mindy Kaling over her last name.
Meghan revealed she’s a Sussex now, not a Markle.
However, according to Lord Ivar, what Meghan said to Mindy was completely false.
After winning The Traitors with Gabby Windey, Dylan Efron, and Dolores Catania, Ivar spoke out to correct Meghan.
The Traitors’ winner Lord Ivar Mountbatten calls out Meghan Markle over Sussex surname
For those not familiar with Ivar, he’s the second cousin of King Charles, so he knows how the monarchy names work. Speaking with Town & Country to dish all things The Traitors, Ivar was asked about Meghan’s show.
The conversation started when Ivar mentioned being on The Traitors with a last name like his. That (of course) led to the recent controversy surrounding Meghan and her surname.
“It’s interesting because she’s completely incorrect. Her family name is not Sussex, her family name is Mountbatten-Windsor. Her children are called Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor; they’re not called Archie and Lilibet Sussex because Sussex is a title,” he expressed to the outlet.
Ivar explained the difference between a family name and a title – which seemed to confuse Meghan.
“So, they are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but actually he’s Harry Mountbatten-Windsor and she would be Meghan Mountbatten-Windsor,” Ivar stated.
No, Ivar hasn’t had time to watch Meghan’s new show. He has been rather busy with The Traitors finale and reunion. However, Ivar didn’t seem too eager to check out the show, admitting it might not last long.
The assessment comes hot on the heels of With Love, Meghan being renewed for Season 2.
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It’s been a headline-making week for Meghan, especially with the release of her show.
There have been mixed reviews of With Love, Meghan, with some fans calling her “the people’s Martha Stewart.”
Others, like The View hosts, had nothing positive to say about Meghan’s latest venture.
Prince Harry’s wife endured backlash for an International Women’s Day post featuring Princess Lilibet, saying Meghan and Harry didn’t put their daughter’s safety first.
Those are just a few things that Meghan has done this week that have people talking. There will no doubt be more next week as she continues to live her best life.
The Traitors is streaming on Peacock. With Love, Meghan is streaming on Netflix.
I’m not surprised Megan Markle got it wrong. MOUNTBATTEN- WINDSOR is her married sur-name not Sussex… she wants to be ROYALTY here in the states so very badly but that doesn’t fly here. Hopefully her husband Prince Harry helped her with her confusion.
I’m not surprised Megan Markle got it wrong.She wants to be Royally here in the states and that doesn’t fly here. Mountbatten-Windsor is her married sur-name.Hopefully Prince Harry helped her out with her confusion.
Her last name is definitely not Markle because she is married. So all the tabloid and whoever else that call her Markle are incorrect as well. Generally, those with titles go by their titles.
William and Harry were Wales until they got their Dukedoms. Then William was Cambridge, which the children went by. Now William is Prince of Wales and the kids go by Wales. Harry is the Duke of Sussex so they can go by Sussex or Mountbatton-Windsor. Harry is still royalty so Meghan is technically royal. They could go by Mountbatten-Windsor but probably go by Sussex since it is shorter.
The UK. only has Royal descendants of Royal blood taking the titles, such as of York (Eugenie and Beatrice), Prince William’s children (Wales) etc. but not their non Royal wives who married into the titles.
There is NO Catherine Wales or Sarah York, or Sophie Edinburgh or even the late Diana, who was never called Diana Wales!
Markle does not have a clue about protacol nor facts about the UK.
As for using Sussex as titles, it is high time the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex was removed by Parliament. This was bestowed by the Queen as a working title to serve the UK. as working Royals and not to be used to monetise personal lifestyles (in fact she stipulated they did not use their titles inappropriately when the left the UK.).
As a born and bred Sussex citizen almost three quarters of a century ago, many of us living in the Counties of Sussex hate how this pair have used the title of our ancient Kingdom of the South Saxons to make money, and yet not a penny or cent has been given to Sussex charities, despite many of the most deprived 10% of populations in the UK. live here.
They only visited once for 6 hours and were not very interested when they did do a whistle stop tour of 3 towns.
They have brought the noble title of Duke and Duchess of our Counties into disrepute by their money grabbing actions and attempts to bring down the Crown these past few years and this needs to stop.
Not true. William and Harry have ALWAYS gone by their title. So when their father was the Prince of Wales, they both went by Wales. Now that Harry’s father is no longer the Prince of Wales, and that honor has gone to William, his name is his title: Sussex. And pretty sure Harry knows this better than some Mountbatten who wants his family name there so that he gets better street cred.